Daily Archives: May 11, 2010


Friday, May 21 – Sunday, May 23, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm – Tomatomania

White Flower Farm, at 167 Litchfield Road in Litchfield, Connecticut will have over 100 varieties of tomato seedlings available, along with fertilizers, stakes, ties, containers, and a selection of herbs and vegetables to make this year’s garden the best ever, on Tomatomania weekend, May 21 – May 23, from 9 – 5 each day.  Scott Daigre, noted tomato expert and author, will give straightforward advice about growing his favorite subject.  For more information, log on to www.whiteflowerfarm.com.

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Saturday, June 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – Container Gardening With Native Plants

Forget the petunias and potato vines; create container plantings using native perennials adapted to our New England winters. Container plantings add accents to your outdoor spaces whether large or small. Learn which natives are ideal for containers and how to combine them effectively. First, explore design elements, container and plant selection, lighting requirements, temperature, growing media, irrigation, fertilization, over-wintering, and long-term maintenance. Then assemble and plant your own container under the instructor’s guidance.  BYOC–bring your own container. The class fee includes potting mix, fertilizer and mulch for your container. Plants will be available for sale at a discount to class participants that day.  The workshop will be held simultaneously in two locations. Kate Pawling leads this New England Wild Flower Society hands on workshop at Nasami Farm in Whately, and Terry Morrow is in charge of the workshop at Garden in the Woods in Framingham, both on Saturday, June 12 from 10 – noon. The cost per person is $25 for NEWFS members and $30 for nonmembers.  To register, log on to www.newfs.org.

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Saturday, May 15, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm – 57th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair

Whether your thumbs are green or not, we trust that you’ll want to visit Bedford Common on May 15 for the 57th Annual First Parish Plant & Craft Fair.  You’ll find specialty annuals, heritage perennials from members’ gardens, crafts, activities for kids, cook out lunch, bake sale, live music, annuals, herbs and vegetables from Massachusetts growers, and more.

The Fair features world-class Massachusetts-grown annuals and field-grown perennials, herbs and veggies along with a glorious selection of Heritage Perennials dug from our members’ gardens — in some cases by dividing plants that were originally purchased generations ago at First Parish sales.  There will also be crafters (more than 50 vendors are expected to grace Bedford’s Town Common), a cookout lunch, outstanding bake sale and live music by the Yankee Doodle Dixieland Band.

To entertain the kids they’ll offer a professional face painter, a petting zoo sponsored by Bedford’s 4-H club, a games tent and a roving magician.  Come early to snag the best plants and stay around to enjoy the music, activities and lunch!  The Annual Plant & Craft Fair is a fundraiser for Bedford’s First Parish on the Common and its work in the community.

The fair is held Saturday, May 15, from 10 – 3 at First Parish on the Common, 75 The Great Road, Routes 4/225, in Bedford.  Free.  Telephone 781-275-7994 for more information, or email plantfair@uubedford.org.

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